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Junior Caribbean Squash Championships
Guyana boys and girls book places in finals
Guyana’s Boys and Girls teams competing in the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships in Bermuda, booked places in the finals with victories in their respective semi-final matches yesterday.
The Guyana boys got past Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in the semis and will face host Bermuda in the final after they beat the OECS by a similar margin.
The girls had a much easier time dominating Jamaica 5-0 and will take on Bermuda after they edged past Trinidad 3-2.
Raphael DeGroot, Oliver Kear-Downs and Alexander Arjoon won for Guyana, while Abhishek Singh and Nyron Joseph lost. DeGroot brushed by Adrian Dyer 9-4, 9-0, 9-1, Kear-Downs started slowly but changed gear to beat Kevin Ross 5-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 and Arjoon fought off Kale Wilson 9-5, 9-7, 6-9, 9-6. Singh went down 9-6, 10-8, 5-9, 2-9, 5-9 in a bruising encounter with Mandela Patrick, while Joseph was beaten by Nku Patrick 9-5, 9-3, 9-7.
For the girls, Daina King overcame her slow start to halt the challenge of Kristine Bell 1-9, 9-0, 9-4, 9-6, Kayla Jeffrey beat Lauren Mahfood 9-3, 9-3, 9-4, her sister Keisha stopped Brooke Burrowes 10-8, 9-0, 9-0, Mary Fung-a-Fat rolled over Jessica Perkins 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 and Victoria Arjoon defeated Mary Mahfood 9-0, 9-1, 9-1.
In other results; Cayman Islands beat Barbados 3-2 in the 5th-7th place boys playoff, while Barbados got past the OECS girls 4-1 in a similar playoff.
Results July 19, 2008:
BOYS SEMI-FINAL
Bermuda def OECS 3-2
U19 Robbie Maycock lost Joe Chapman 6-9, 3-9, 6-9
U19 Chris Stout def Jules Snaggs 9-6, 9-4, 9-7
U17 Kristian Muldoon def Stefan Joseph 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
U15 Noah Browne lost Kevin Hannaway 5-9, 2-9, 5-9
U13 Beckett Simmons def Rory Thornton 8-10, 10-8, 9-2, 9-1
Guyana def Trinidad & Tobago 3-2
U19 Raphael De Groot def Adrian Dyer 9-4, 9-0, 9-1
U19 Oliver Kear-Downs def Kevin Ross 5-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1
U17 Alexander Arjoon def Kale Wilson 9-5, 9-7, 6-9, 9-6
U15 Abhishek Singh lost Mandela Patrick 9-6, 10-8, 5-9, 3-9, 5-9
U13 Nyron Joseph lost Nku Patrick 5-9, 3-9, 7-9
BOYS 5th – 7th Playoff
Cayman def Barbados 3-2
U19 Jake Kelly def Ciaran Raymer 9-0, 9-0, 9-4
U19 Ryan McConvey def Moishe Steinbok 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
U17 Cameron Stafford def Jonathon O’Dowd 9-2, 9-0, 9-1
U15 Nicholas Cameron lost Matthew Mackenzie 3-9, 10-9, 5-9, 6-9
U13 Iain McCallum lost Stewart St. John 9-0, 10-8, 9-5
GIRLS SEMI-FINAL
Guyana def Jamaica 5-0
U19 Daina King def Kristine Bell 1-9, 9-0, 9-4, 9-6
U19 Kayla Jeffrey def Lauren Mahfood 9-3, 9-3, 9-4
U17 Keisha Jeffrey def Brooke Burrowes 10-8, 9-0, 9-0
U15 Mary Fung-a-fat def Jessica Perkins 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
U13 Victoria Arjoon def Mary Mahfood 9-0, 9-1, 9-1
Bermuda def Trinidad & Tobago 3-2
U19 Rachel Barnes lost Kerrie Sample 1-9, 0-9, 3-9
U19 Jenni Schroder lost Amy Gillezeau 2-9, 1-9, 0-9
U17 Kelly Barnes def Jessica Scott 1-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-2
U15 Alex Marshall def Emily Farah 9-7, 9-3, 9-7
U13 Emma Keane def Charlotte Knaggs 9-7, 9-4, 5-9, 9-5
GIRLS 5th – 7th Playoff
Barbados def OECS 4-1
U19 Cheri-Ann Parris def
U19 Zoe Lisk def
U17 Kennilee Ward def Zoe Sorrentino 9-1, 9-6, 10-8
U15 Asha Gibbs def Kalina Browne 9-7, 4-9, 9-4, 4-9, 9-3
U13 Gylla Mackenzie lost Erika Sorrentino 9-6, 9-2, 4-9, 9-10, 2-9
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